The Heart
What is the purpose of doing CPR?
To restart someone’s heart if a person is unresponsive, not breathing, or was drowning
What is Anxiety’s role?
To help Riley plan for the future/deal with the scary things she can’t see
How many hours of sleep should school-age children receive each night
8-12
Identify 3 warning signs that someone may be considering suicide
Isolating themselves, changes in appearance/appetite, talk of suicide/death, previous attempts, history of depression, loss of interest in school/past hobbies, etc.
Identify 2 items that may contain caffeine
Soda, coffee, some teas, energy drinks, and chocolate
What do the two thumps of your heartbeat represent happening in your heart?
The first thump squeezes out blood, the second thump refills the heart with blood
What important role do we see Disgust play when Riley is talking with her friends in the car on the way to Hockey Camp?
She reads facial expressions and body language to determine what someone is actually feeling and if they are hiding anything
Identify 3 factors that may negatively affect your sleep
caffeine, insomnia, somniloquy, somnambulance, stress, nightmares/night terrors
Why is it impossible to tell how long a person can really go without sleep?
Parts of the brain may engage in microsleeps and shut down for a time without anyone noticing
What is a “stimulant"?
Anything that works to keep the brain and body awake, such as caffeine
What is the purpose of white blood cells?
To fight off infection
How is the Sense of Self formed?
Individual memories are brought into the Belief System where they create threads of beliefs. All of those beliefs together form an overarching Sense of Self
How does blue light disrupt our sleep?
Blue light is produced during the daytime and tricks our brain into believing it is time to wake up
What is the purpose of the frontal lobe and when is it fully developed?
Determines identity/helps with decision-making; age 25
What is “somnambulism”?
Sleep-walking
Identify 3 things that can be circulated throughout the body using the bloodstream
Nutrients, oxygen, waste, carbon dioxide, sugar
How can Anger be both helpful and harmful?
helps: he keeps Riley motivated, is passionate, assists in sports, and fights for what is right/fair;
harms: can cause Riley to lash out, can hyperfixate on the negative, and can overreact
Identify 2 differences between nightmares and night terrors
Nightmares happen when you are fully asleep, they wake you up, and you usually remember them; night terrors happen when you are not yet fully asleep, involve physical symptoms like crying, screaming, or thrashing, and you do not usually remember them
How is information relayed when your hand touches a hot stove?
Your hand tells your brain that it senses something hot through sensory nerves and the brain tells your hand to move away through movement nerves
What are 3 different components that may make up a person’s identity?
DNA, fingerprints, race, gender, roles, disabilities, hobbies, etc.
Name two of the three types of blood vessels located within our circulatory system and explain what they do
Veins bring oxygen to the heart, arteries bring blood to the rest of the body, capillaries connect veins and arteries
Identify 3 physical symptoms of a panic attack
hyperventilating, sweating, heart pounding, racing thoughts, dizziness, etc.
Why is it a good thing that our bodies undergo sleep paralysis?
It keeps us from moving around/acting out our dreams and hurting ourselves/others
Too much or too little of one or more of these hormones in the brain may cause mental health disorders. Name one.
Serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine
CPR stands for “cardiopulmonary resuscitation” -explain what this means using Greek and Latin roots
"cardio" = heart
"pulmonary" = lungs
"resuscitation" = to bring back to life
"cardiopulmonary resuscitation" = the process of bringing the heart and lungs back to life